What is in the works for The West: Upcoming Improvements

The West is one of the oldest games around, and this year we celebrated its 17th anniversary. Even after so many years, the game continues to be developed, maintained, and retains a large player base. Developing new games might be easier and faster compared to maintaining older ones, but does that mean The West can’t be improved further? Absolutely not! We can still add new features, items, quests, and more. So, what’s next on our agenda? What are we developing?

Firstly, it’s important to know that The West is developed by a very small team, and we strive to deliver new features as quickly as possible. Currently, we have three major projects in the works. Let’s take a look at what we’re doing.

Opening Multiple Chests

This is a feature requested by many of our players, especially during community events when each player can typically acquire around 100 chests. Opening them one by one requires a lot of clicks and time. Over the years, society has evolved, and nowadays, people expect things to happen faster and more efficiently. This change addresses that need! Instead of opening 100 chests with 200 clicks, our players will now be able to open 100 chests with just 3 clicks. That’s 197 clicks saved! This will also save time.

New Crafting

Currently, players in The West can reach a maximum crafting level of 850 points. After years of play, many of our players have reached this cap and are eagerly awaiting new challenges. For these players, we have prepared new crafting options! Soon, the maximum crafting level will be 1000 points, providing 150 more points to achieve. Increasing the crafting level also involves adding more recipes and products to cover these extra points. These items will primarily use, but are not limited to, products from the newest jobs (for levels above 150). Currently, these products are not used in crafting at all, so it’s time to change that.

Bigger Inventory

Over the years, players of The West have accumulated a lot of items. Currently, items can only be managed via an inventory with a size of 5×4, which was the original size developed 17 years ago. Now, it’s time for a significant change. Our inventory will become larger! Players will have extra space to view their items. Additionally, with the bigger inventory, players will be able to use four new filters to find their items more quickly. Doesn’t that sound exciting?

These three features are not the only developments happening in The West. We also run annual major events: Valentine’s Day, Easter Event, Independence Day, Oktoberfest, and Día de Los Muertos, as well as annual community events such as the Winter Event, Harvest Time, Pumpkin Hunt, and Gift Hunt. Every few weeks, our players can complete a new questline and receive new achievements.

Who knows which improvements will be added to the game in the future? Play The West to find out!